"Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University – (JFFIU) / İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi" has been regularly published since 1951 by Istanbul University Faculty of Forestry. This journal has been peer-reviewed since 1998 and international peer-reviewed since 2010. Our journal provides knowledge of forestry science and related disciplines in the field of the developments and research in the international field of researchers, educators and practitioners. JFFIU is the most established of forestry journals in Turkey spanning 65 years of its history.

Our former English journal title was “Review of the Faculty of Forestry University of Istanbul”. Our journal published Series A and Series B between 1951 and 2009. We integrated Series A and B in 2010 and the new edition began to be published titled as the "Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University”. In this context, JFFIU applied to the ISSN Turkey office to get new ISSN numbers on February 5, 2010 and February 18, 2010. The ISSN Turkey office gave JFFIU the numbers ISSN 0535-8418 and e-ISSN 1309-6257.

JFFIU has been mostly changed after the restructuring, new editorial board and new journal staff since 2014.

"Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University – (JFFIU) / İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi" is the official journal of the Faculty of Forestry at Istanbul University. It provides both a national and international research forum for the exchange of knowledge dealing with various issues of forestry, wood science and technology as well as landscape architecture.

Since 2014, published articles have begun to be assigned DOI numbers and CrossRef in JFFIU.

From 2016, the articles will begin to use the QR Code (Quick Responce Code) in JFFIU.

JFFIU applied to be indexed in the ISI Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index Expanded and Master Journal List on February 1, 2015. ISI Thomson Reuters has informed JFFIU of its being evaluated and the follow-up processes having been started as of February 21, 2015. JFFIU are regularly sending hard copies of the journals to ISI Thomson Reuters in order to display the impact factor.

All manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal are firstly evaluated by the editor and editorial board within 5 days. Manuscripts which fall outside the aim and scope of the journal or those which do not comply to the journal's writing style and page layout are rejected. Some may be in need of revising in the initial stages. Manuscripts are never accepted by the editor without a referee report in this initial stage. The review process of submitted articles will be completed within 45 days. This needs to be attended to in a timely manner so as to be published in the electronic edition of the journal's web site.

Since January 1st, 2015, "Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University – (JFFIU) / İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi" uses the iThenticate screening service to verify the authenticity of content submitted before publication. The iThenticate software checks submissions against millions of published research papers, documents on the web and other relevant sources. Authors can also use iThenticate to screen their work before submission by visiting http://www.ithenticate.com

AIMS AND SCOPE

The objectives of the "Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University – (JFFIU) / İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi" are both to publish original papers, short notes and review papers held to a high scientific standard. It is also used to establish a discussion environment for current issues in forests, forest products and landscape architecture-related areas among researchers, legislators, decision-makers, industry, universities, research institutes and other professionals.

JFFIU HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO DOAJ

Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University (JFFIU) made an application so as to be indexed in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journal) database on February 16th, 2015. Our application was accepted and Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University (JFFIU) / İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi has now been added to DOAJ since May 22, 2015. Journal article's metadata files will upload in DOAJ as soon as possible.

ARTICLES HAS BEEN BEGAN TO TAKE THE DOI NUMBER

Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University (JFFIU) has made application to get DOI number and CrossRef which will be published articles with in JFFIU to PILA (Publishers International Linking Association Inc.) and Tübitak Ulakbim DergiPark on October 28th, 2014. Ourapplicationhasa positive result on November 5th, 2014. Published and in press articles has been began to take the doi number.

APPLICATION TO GET DOI NUMBER AND CROSSREF SERVICE

Journal of the Faculty of Forestry Istanbul University (JFFIU) has made application to get DOI number and CrossRef which will be published articles with in JFFIU to PILA (Publishers International Linking Association Inc.) and Tübitak Ulakbim DergiPark on October 28th, 2014.